Thoughts in Sound

Most artists are content to play the notes, but there's a handful of composers and musicians who work at the level of sound itself, turning meaning, finding nuance, charting new hitherto unheard directions in music through a contemplation of the meaning of sound itself. In a series of five non-narrative features, four composers and one music movement grapple with sound from its spiritual to its theoretical dimensions. The artists include John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Brian Eno, Keith Jarrett and in a Minimalist Meditation, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Philip Glass, LaMonte Young and John Adams.

Thoughts in Sound is produced in three formats: a series of five five-minute, self-contained features, a half-hour documentary, and an hour-long documentary that contains a companion half-hour of the artists? music to illustrate their words.

It's a collection of programs that is engaging to hear and flexible to schedule. The five-part series of features can be presented within an arts or music magazine program, contemporary or classical music program, or a news magazine program. The half-hour documentary can likewise be featured in an arts or music program, while the full hour can stand alone in a specials timeslot. Two audio promos are included that can be used for all of the program formats.

These evergreen programs can be scheduled together or separately to commemorate notable dates, such as the upcoming 60th birthday of Brian Eno on May 15, 2008.

Most artists are content to play the notes, but there's a handful of composers and musicians who work at the level of sound itself, turning meaning, finding nuance, charting new hitherto unheard directions in music through a contemplation of the meaning of sound itself. In a series of five non-narrative features, four composers and one music movement grapple with sound from its spiritual to its theoretical dimensions. The artists include John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Brian Eno, Keith Jarrett and in a Minimalist Meditation, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Philip Glass, LaMonte Young and John Adams.

Thoughts in Sound is produced in three formats: a series of five five-minute, self-contained features, a half-hour documentary, and an hour-long documentary that contains a companion half-hour... Show full description